Library
Your AcademicLiaison Librarians
The Academic Services Team provides support, teaching and training to students in information and digital literacy, and in how to get the most from library resources.

Your Academic Liaison Librarians can help you with:
- Referencing and Reference management
- Finding and evaluating specialist resources, literature, evidence and information
- Accessibility support for library resources
Rachel Hogg
- Criminology; Law; Police Studies; Sociology
T: 01904 876699
Mon–Wed 9.00am–5.00pm / Thu 9.00am–12.30pm
Book an online tutorial with Rachel
Katherine Hughes
- English Literature; Creative Writing; Geography; Media Studies
T: 01904 876228
Mon–Tue 9.00am–5.00pm / Wed 9.00am–12.30pm
Book an online tutorial with Katherine
Clare McCluskey-Dean
- Primary Education; Education Studies; Early Childhood Studies; Children Young People and Families; Youth and Community; Foundation Degrees in Education; Postgraduate Degrees in Education; American Studies; History; Politics; Religion and Philosophy; War Studies; Liberal Arts Foundation Year; Postgraduate Degrees in Theology
T: 01904 876324
Mon–Fri 9.00am–5.00pm
Book an online tutorial with Clare
Jane Munks
- Business; Psychology; Counselling
T: 01904 876105
Mon–Fri 9.00am–5.00pm
Book an online tutorial with Jane
Ruth Patterson
- Biomedical Science; Occupational Therapy; Physiotherapy; Sport
T: 01904 876424
Tue–Wed 9.30am–5.00pm / Thu–Fri 9.30am–2.30pm
Book an online tutorial with Ruth
Thomas Peach
- Languages, Linguistics and TESOL; Fine Art, Photography and Illustration; Design; Music; Music Production; Media Production; Drama, Theatre and Dance; Computer Sciences; Data Science; Mathematics
T: 01904 876170
Mon–Fri 9.00am–5.00pm
Book an online tutorial with Tom
Study Skills
Do you need help with essay writing or critical thinking? Having trouble with an assignment? Want to reflect on assessment feedback?
We provide guidance on searching and evaluating resources, academic writing and referencing. You can use our range of self-help resources or book a workshop or tutorial with the study development team.
Key Resources
- Module-specific resources are made available through your online reading lists.
- There are subject-specialist e-resources available for each programme. Choose your course area from the drop-down menu.
- For your own specialist research, we offer unlimited interlibrary loans, at no cost to you, to supplement the resources we hold in the library and via our online subscriptions.
Our Special Collections include the York St John University Historical Archive, the Rees-Williams Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Children’s Books.
Our Historical Archives date from 1812 and can be consulted by appointment by emailing academicliaisonteam@yorksj.ac.uk.